Polymer clay Swirled pendant tutorial

First you need to plan the pattern. I used simple graphic software to create and color the pattern, you may just draw it on paper. Note that the pattern can involve items where colors are placed differently – in my example we’ll need total of 12 items involving 3 different types of color combinations – 6 items of type 1 as shown in the bottom part of the pattern, 3 of type 2, and 3 of type 3

Next steps are also shown in the photo below (click to open in a larger size)

1) select 3 colors of polymer clay, equal parts. roll each to a log – this will facilitate further dividing into equal-sized items

2) cut each log in 4 parts and make 4 same size balls of each color. You can certainly use other ways to get equal or nearly equal sized balls

3) cut each ball to 6 equal sectors

4 , 5) combine the sectors back to balls to arrive to the combinations needed for the patterns